Wender·Vista
City Island
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
a mile of fishing village in the Bronx

City Island

— — a New England port the city forgot to redevelop.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A mile and a half of clapboard houses, boatyards, and seafood shacks at the far end of the Bronx, joined to the rest of the city by one bridge. Long Island Sound is on three sides. The main street runs the length of the island and ends at a clam bar with a view of the water. The architecture keeps the nineteenth century closer than the borough behind it. from the studio

from the studio
City Island
— bring it home

City Island, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about City Island

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

City Island is a 1.5-mile-long, half-mile-wide island in the western Long Island Sound, part of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is connected to Rodman's Neck and the rest of the city by a single bridge, the City Island Bridge, rebuilt and reopened in 2017. The island holds roughly 4,500 residents and one through street, City Island Avenue, which runs its full length from the bridge to Belden Point at the southern tip.

— the water

The island has been a working maritime community since the eighteenth century. Boatyards along the eastern shore built America's Cup defenders in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including five winning hulls in succession from 1958 to 1980. The fishing fleet, the clam bars at Belden Point, and the sailing clubs along the western shore keep the working waterfront alive in a way little else of New York City does. The Sound itself is the defining presence on every block.

— the visit

The Bx29 bus from Pelham Bay Park subway station is the only public-transit access; the island has no rail. City Island Avenue carries roughly two dozen seafood restaurants, an active nautical-themed museum at PS 17 on Fordham Street, and a handful of antique and art galleries. Summer weekends draw heavy traffic across the bridge, so weekday afternoons read closer to the island's working rhythm. Most restaurants stay open year-round.

— where
United States · Bronx, New York
— elevation
3 m · 10 ft
— position
40.8466° N · 73.7857° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
3 km W
Pelham Bay Park
city park
2 km NW
Orchard Beach
Bronx beach
1 km E
Hart Island
neighbouring island
N
City Island
Pelham Bay Park
Orchard Beach
Hart Island
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about City Island — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

City Island is in the western Long Island Sound, at the far eastern edge of the Bronx in New York City. One bridge connects it to Rodman's Neck and the mainland.

Its clapboard architecture, working boatyards, and seafood restaurants developed around a maritime economy older than most of the surrounding Bronx. The scale stayed small because the island is only 1.5 miles long.

Yes. City Island is legally part of the Bronx and New York City. Despite its village character, it is administered as a New York City neighbourhood and shares the borough's services.

Most visitors drive across the City Island Bridge from Rodman's Neck. The Bx29 bus from the Pelham Bay Park subway station provides the only public-transit option. There is no rail service to the island.

The current cable-stayed bridge opened in 2017, replacing an iron causeway built in 1901. It is the only road connection between City Island and the rest of New York City.

Yes. About two dozen seafood restaurants line City Island Avenue, with the clam bars at Belden Point at the southern tip being the longest-running. Fried clams and lobster rolls anchor most menus.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The piece carries the island's clapboard-and-water silhouette, which residents recognise before anyone reads the title. It travels well as a meaningful gift home.

It sits well in coastal-modern, New England traditional, and warm-minimalist rooms. The blue-and-white palette reads cleanly against navy walls, painted shiplap, and weathered wood.

Yes. Working-port imagery is the current direction in coastal-modern, away from beach-house pastels toward something with more salt in it. City Island fits that turn.

A single Large reads beautifully above a console. Above a standard sofa we recommend a 4-tile Mural for the right horizontal weight, or a 9-tile Mural where the wall is wide.

Yes. The Dura Satin or Matte finish is suited for showers, splash zones, and vertical installations. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, so steam and water do not affect it.

A soft microfibre cloth and plain water handles daily dust. For kitchen splashes a drop of mild dish soap on the cloth is fine. Avoid abrasives and ammonia-based glass cleaners.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our Knoxville studio, painted in our stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language, and not licensed from any outside source.

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